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Hungary’s Magyar threatens constitutional amendment if Orban-appointed president refuses to resign

Peter Magyar speaks to the media in Budapest, Hungary, April 13, 2026, after defeating Prime Minister Viktor Orban's party in the country's parliamentary elections.
File photo of Peter Magyar speaking to the media in Budapest, Hungary, taken on April 13, 2026. © Denes Erdos, AP

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar on Monday threatened legal action and said the government would use its two-thirds parliamentary majority to amend the constitution to ​force President Tamas Sulyok from office. Sulyok, who was appointed under former prime minister Viktor Orban, has refused to resign before his term ends in 2029.

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Monday his government would launch legal proceedings to dismiss President Tamas Sulyok, an appointee of the previous nationalist administration, ​if he ‌sticks by his refusal to resign.

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